Key Stage 4
GCSE Course Offer 2008/09
Business Studies BTEC First Diploma
Examining Board: Edexcel
A great course if you want to learn how to start and manage a Business. This will be one of your main subjects and you could receive up to 4 GCSEs if you are successful. The course covers all the relevant business areas such as Marketing, Customer Service and Finance.
Units
Unit 1: Exploring Business Purposes
Unit 2:Developing Customer Relations
Unit 3: Investigating Financial Control
Unit 5: People in Organisations
Unit 7: Personal Selling
Unit 10: Starting a Small Business
Assessment in Year 10/11
6 course work assignments of around 20 or more pages each.
Pupils can achieve either, Pass, Merit or Distinction.
Equivalent of up to 4 GCSE grades.
Business Studies BTEC First Certificate
Examining Board: Edexcel
A great course if you want to learn how to start and manage a Business. You will learn all the relevant skills needed in the business world such as communication, how to apply, managing the finances or marketing a product or service. The course includes a number of active projects where students are required to apply their skills in realistic situations.
Units
U1: Exploring Business Purposes
U2:Developing Customer Relations
U3: Investigating Financial Control
Assessment in Year 10/11
3 course work assignments of around 20 or more pages each.
Pupils can achieve either, Pass, Merit or Distinction.
Equivalent of up to 2GCSE grades.
Business Studies and Economics (Nuffield) 1171
Examining Board: Edexcel
The GCSE course is built up around a series of questions, emphasising its investigative nature. At the outset, in Unit 1 'Make or Break' students are introduced to real-world businesses and markets in familiar, localised contexts. Students think about the nature of enterprise and the reasons why some businesses succeed while others fail. They learn the importance of markets and competition. As the course progresses, students encounter national and, increasingly, international contexts. Students consider the role of governments and the EU, and address environmental issues.
Units
Unit 1: Make or break?
Unit 2: Work or what?
Unit 3: Risk or certainty?
Unit 4: Big or small?
Unit 5: Create or destroy?
Unit 6: Winners or losers?
Assessment in Year 10/11
Candidates take two written papers, each 1 hour 15 minutes long, and submit two pieces of coursework. Both written papers are based on evidence which is common for both Foundation and Higher papers. Students are expected to demonstrate their understanding of both subjects within the context of the evidence. Coursework consists of two short investigations drawn from a portfolio of work completed.